Mexico weekly ledger. (Mexico, Mo.) 1855-1956, 1887-10-27
SIGNS OF OIL.
Indications Good on the Lafe
Newkirk Farm.
SO SAYS MIR. GEORGE BARRE,
OF THE OIL REGIONS.
The Hole Measured Yesterday
Morning-Work Progressing
Night and Day.

Mr.. George Barre, of Washing
ton, Pa, who has been visiting his
brothers near Martinsburg, has
been IN the city the last few days,
the guest of ]. G. Bassford. Mr..
Barre is confident of the existence
of both oil and gas in the vicinity
of Mexico, and thinks the field
should be thoroughly tested before
the idea is abandoned. Mr.. VIM.
Barre, his father, is of the same
belief, and the fact that he owns
50, 800 worth of stock in the local
Mining Company proves it. The
younger Mr.. Barre has..looked over
considerable ground in this section
of the State and every indication is
very favorable and sustains his
theory. Yesterday morning he
visited the Newkirk farm, south of
this city, and is now satisfied that
careful experiments are all that is
necessary for the development of
our oil and gas interests. He
found, besides plain, well-establish-
ed surface indications, a scum of
genuine crude oil On certain ponds
and bodies ofNwater bn the place,
identical with that found in the
Pennsylvania andQhie oil regions.
Mr.. Barre left for his home in
Washington last evening, and it is
not known whether Vest will be
made or not.
w. X. Potts: (Twenty shares }
| am satisfied that we will strike
nothing else by pushing ON the
1900 feet, and am in favor of STOP
ping. will be satisfied by what
ever course the Directors choose to
take.
| j. B. Owen: (Two shares am
in favor of putting the hole down
5000 feet. Very few wells have
been drilled where anything Of
value was encountered in less
than 2,O00pr $500 feet. / would
double my subscription in order t.
help put down another hole, if thi
J one cannot be pushed to the bot
tom.
J. A. Glandon:, (Two shares
l think the hole should be bored
1900 feet according to contract. In
the majority ofthe oil and gas wells
of the East, nothing of value was
| struck at 800 feet.
B. F. Tomlinson: (Two shares.
: I will be satisfied by any course
pursued by the Directors. / have
the greatest confidence in their abil
ity and good judgment.
]. w. Mason; CThree shares.)
l am afraid it will do no good to
| bore the hole deeper, and am rathel
in favor of stopping, but the Direc
tors appear to know what they ar
doing, and whatever action the,
take will satisfy me.
J. A. Abbay; Give shares.) /
the contract permits of it, / favo
paying Mr.. Wolf the $500 du
' him and quitting. Then contrac
, for another hole at different poin
; and try our luck again.
, VIM. Kemper: (Twenty shares.
/ don't know what to say about tn
y matter. The water appears to b
J, in the way of everything.
E. S. Wilson: Give shares.
I While l am very sorry Mr.. VOL
u has encountered unlooked-for OF
stacles, and that further work o
5 the well viii be at a great loss t
: him, / think, as a matter of bus
: ness, we should enforce the cor
tract. Had Mr.. Wolf complete
the work as he expected to, he, {
course, would have made goo
n money, and the stockholders coul
: not have objected. But as it is, h
I. should complete the job.
If Harry johnson: (Two shares
If l am in favor of keeping the wor
L up.
,f THE WELL MEASURED.
IT The Board of Directors met at th
lr Office of Bassford d Tucker at 9:S
d a. m. Friday. The meeting ws
h not public, and did not last long. Th
d Board adjourned to the well an
is measured its depth. The "san
II line" was used, and by a carefl
g measurement, the hole was foun
. to be /, $40 feet deep. There is II
le cessation Of the work, night {
u day.
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